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SUMMARY:Indian Jazz Journey featuring Mahesh Kale and George Brooks
DESCRIPTION:No American-born jazz musician has forged deeper or more enduring ties to the world of Indian classical music than Berkeley tenor saxophonist George Brooks. Over the past two decades\, those relationships have taken shape in a kaleidoscopic range of collaborations through his Stanford Jazz Festival–exclusive Indian Jazz Journey. In recent years\, the program has centered on his evolving musical partnership with vocalist Mahesh Kale. \nBorn and raised in Pune\, the cultural capital of Maharashtra\, Kale trained under Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki\, the legendary artist who revitalized the Marathi musical theater tradition in the 1950s. In 2015\, Kale won India’s equivalent of an Academy Award for Best Playback Singer for a classical performance in the film Katyar Kaljat Ghusli\, a breakthrough moment that propelled him to national prominence. \nAs in past editions\, Brooks has assembled a sensational cast of musicians ideally equipped to join him and Kale in exploring musical landscapes shaped by the world’s two most sophisticated improvisational traditions. \nCo-produced with the Indian Classical Music and Arts Foundation \n \nMahesh Kale Website \nGeorge Brooks Website \nPersonnel:  \n\nMahesh Kale\, vocals\nGeorge Brooks\, saxophone\nUtsav Lal\, piano\nSabir Khan\, sarangi\nMichael Manring\, electric bass\nEman Hashimi\, tabla\nGreg Ellis\, percussion\n\nMedia shown is representative of the artist’s work and may not reflect the exact repertoire or ensemble configuration presented at this performance.
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/indian-jazz-journey/
LOCATION:Bing Concert Hall\, 327 Lausen Street\, Stanford\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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SUMMARY:Branford Marsalis Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. An NEA Jazz Master\, GRAMMY Award winner\, and Tony and EMMY Award nominee\, he is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras or sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead. Yet the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet. \nFor more than three decades\, with remarkably few personnel changes\, this celebrated ensemble has earned a reputation for uncompromising performances across a kaleidoscopic range of original compositions\, jazz standards\, and reimagined popular classics. After GRAMMY nominations for its last two albums\, Upward Spiral and The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul\, the Quartet made its Blue Note Records debut with Belonging\, a full-length interpretation of Keith Jarrett’s landmark 1974 ECM release. \nThe New York Times observed that “Marsalis has tackled imposing jazz masterworks before … but at its best\, his ‘Belonging’ goes deeper … it’s a performance that both honors and amplifies.” Critic John Zeugner captured the Quartet’s live impact\, calling it “casually confident\, professional\, cerebral\, and supercharged with energy.” The Branford Marsalis Quartet\, he wrote\, “was all of those adjectives and more.” \nhttps://www.branfordmarsalis.com/ \nPersonnel: \n\nBranford Marsalis\, saxophone\nJoey Calderazzo\, piano\nEric Revis\, bass\nJustin Faulkner\, drums
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/branford-marsalis-quartet/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260627T193000
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SUMMARY:Billy Childs Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Long before Billy Childs gained recognition as one of the country’s preeminent composers\, he was dazzling Bay Area audiences as a sideman. After a brief stint with trombone great J.J. Johnson\, the Los Angeles native began making regular treks north when trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard assembled a prodigious young band in 1978 that also featured bassist Larry Klein\, who later earned renown producing albums by Joni Mitchell\, Herbie Hancock\, Luciana Souza\, and Childs’ own 2014 jazz-chart-topping project Map of the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro. \nAfter years of playing funk and fusion\, Hubbard had returned to straight-ahead jazz sounding more fiery than ever. For Childs\, then in his early 20s\, performing at Keystone Korner\, Kuumbwa\, and Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society with Hubbard’s band was trial by blowtorch on every gig. He has been making trips north ever since\, both as an accompanist for masters such as Bobby Hutcherson and Dianne Reeves and as a leader in his own right\, giving audiences regular updates on his extraordinary evolution as a GRAMMY Award-winning composer\, arranger\, and improviser. \nHe has carved out an unusual career path built largely on his pen\, making his living through commissions. Writing for orchestras and chamber ensembles has become his bread and butter over the past two decades\, which makes every opportunity to stretch out with his band one he seizes with both hands. \nhttps://billychilds.com/ \nPersonnel: \n\nBilly Childs\, piano\nDan Chmielinski\, bass\nChristian Euman\, drums\nAdditional personnel TBA
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/billy-childs-quartet/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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SUMMARY:Early Bird Jazz for Kids with Dr. David Hart and the Zookeepers
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to sing\, clap\, and groove with Dr. David Hart and the Zookeepers in this interactive jazz experience designed for kids and families! Through lively performances and hands-on participation\, young listeners will explore instruments\, discover melodies\, and feel the rhythm of jazz in an engaging and energetic setting. \nA dedicated jazz educator and acclaimed trumpet player\, Dr. Hart has performed at renowned festivals such as Monterey\, San Francisco\, Rochester\, San Jose\, and Stanford Jazz Festivals. He has worked with jazz legends including Gerald Wilson\, Clark Terry\, Horace Silver\, and Arturo Sandoval\, and has also appeared with international classical ensembles like the Thailand Philharmonic and Malaysian International Festival Orchestra. \nThis fun-filled concert is the perfect introduction to jazz\, sparking creativity and curiosity while bringing families together through music\, movement\, and laughter. Don’t miss this exciting journey into the world of jazz! \n  \nArtist Website \nPersonnel: \n\nDr. David Hart\, trumpet\nLeslie Hart\, french horn\nAmy Azzara\, voice\nChris Azzara\, piano\nTerrence Brewer\, guitar\nMikailo Kasha\, bass\nJason Lewis\, drums\nJoseph Yang\, trombone\nKristen Strom\, alto saxophone/clarinet\nPatrick Wolff\, tenor saxophone\nIvor Holloway\, baritone & soprano Saxophone
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/early-bird-jazz-for-kids/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
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SUMMARY:Luciana Souza and Marcel Camargo: New Moon with string quartet
DESCRIPTION:Whether interpreting Brazilian Songbook standards\, deploying her voice like a horn alongside an orchestra\, or transforming beloved poems into original songs\, Brazilian vocalist Luciana Souza is a musician of the highest order. Long based in Los Angeles\, she is perhaps best known for a GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY-winning series of intimate recordings pairing her with an extraordinary roster of Brazilian jazz guitarists\, including Romero Lubambo\, Toninho Horta\, and Marco Pereira. \nHer latest project\, New Moon\, takes that intimate duo format into lustrous new territory with guitarist and composer Marcel Camargo\, a fellow São Paulo native now based in Los Angeles. He has toured internationally with Michael Bublé and led\, produced\, and arranged vocalist Gretchen Parlato’s Flor project. He has also shared the stage and studio with artists such as Sérgio Mendes\, Herb Alpert\, and Macy Gray. New Moon pairs the duo with a string quartet\, fulfilling a longtime dream of Souza’s. Together\, Souza and Camargo\, who also hails from an eminent musical family\, reimagine Brazilian classics and debut new co-written songs. His delicately calibrated arrangements create lyrical soundscapes rich in texture and emotion for one of jazz’s most alluring singers. \nhttps://www.lucianasouza.com/ \nPersonnel: \n\nLuciana Souza\, vocals\nMarcel Camargo\, guitar\nLivia Sohn\, violin\nJessie Fellows\, violin\nKaya Bryla\, viola\nRobert Howard\, cello
URL:https://stanfordjazz.org/event/luciana-souza/
LOCATION:Dinkelspiel Auditorium\, 471 Lagunita Dr\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stanford Jazz Festival
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